Pitarresi: Point guard to the rescue

Hamilton College's Lance Wilson pulled a Division III Greg Paulus act Saturday, at least for a day, making the transition from basketball point guard to football quarterback.

 

The 5-11, 200-pound junior from Plymouth Meeting, Pa., came into Saturday's game with Wesleyan with the Continentals down 14-6 midway through the second quarter, after starter Dan Peters took a hard hit.

 

Wilson, strong and agile, made a slew of big plays, completed 22 of 33 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns, and rallied the Continentals to a 26-14 victory.

 

He averaged 8.5 points and 3.2 assists last winter for the 18-7 Hamilton basketball team.

 

 Of course, Paulus, the former Duke point guard, had a horrifying day Saturday with five interceptions - not all his fault, but that's bad enough - in Syracuse's 34-20 loss to South Florida. Lance won't want to imitate Greg to that degree.

Colgate's football team is for real, again.

 

The Raiders rolled up 334 yards on the ground, with Nate Eachus  back at tailback, backed up by Jordan McCord, and 561 in all in downing Cornell.

 

The 5-0 Raiders play at Princeton at 7 p.m. Saturday, and will be favored, especially after the Tigers' 30-0 loss to Columbia Saturday.

You can't count on anything in college football, but it looks more and more that the Patriot League championship at the Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth that goes with it will come down to the Colgate-Holy Cross game Oct. 24 in Worcester, Mass.